Major Parkinson (album)

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Major Parkinson
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Studio album by
Released2008
Recorded Weed, California, United States, 2006
Genre Rock
Length47:03
Label Degaton Records
Producer Sylvia Massy
Major Parkinson chronology
Major Parkinson
(2008)
Songs from a Solitary Home
(2010)
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Major Parkinson is the debut album of the Norwegian rock band Major Parkinson.

It was released in Norway on 25 August 2008. The album was well received by the press, and, among other things, was voted the year's 11th best Norwegian record in 2008. Recorded and mixed by producer Sylvia Massy in her RadioStar Studios in Weed, California.

Track listing

  1. "Intro"
  2. "Bicycle!"
  3. "Bazooka Mirror"
  4. "Meat Me in the Disco"
  5. "Silicon Hips"
  6. "Casanova"
  7. "It's a Job"
  8. "Sanity Fair"
  9. "Death in the Candystore"
  10. "197"
  11. "I Am Erica"
  12. "Awkward as a Drunk"
  13. "Greatest Love"



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